The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Chords
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None of them are complete and accurate. The one with the tabbed breaks has several wrong chords. I fixed them. Plus I expanded all the choruses.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: | beginner |
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Capo: | no capo |
Author EdwardATeller [a] 67. Last edit on Dec 11, 2015
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INTRO
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|--------------------0---|
D|--------------0-2-3-----|
A|--3~~~~~~~--------------|
E|------------------------|
Am C/G F Dm
Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
Am C/G F Dm
Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
Am F C/G Dm
In the winter of sixty-five we were hungry, just barely alive.
Am F C/G Dm D
By May the tenth Richmond had fell it?s a time I remember oh so well.
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And the bells were ringing
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And all the people were singing
C/G F Dm F
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
BREAK
e|------------------------------|
B|-------1----------------------|
G|--------------------------0---|
D|---0-2----2---------0-2-3-----|
A|-3--------3~~~~~~~------------|
E|------------------------------|
Am C/G F Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
Am C/G F Dm
Virgil, quick come see there goes Robert E. Lee!
Am F C/G Dm
Now I don t mind chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good.
Am F C/G Dm D
You take what you need and you leave the rest but they should never have taken the very best.
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And the bells were ringing
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And all the people were singing
C/G F Dm F
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
BREAK C F
e|--------------------------1--------------------------------------|
B|-------1----------1-------1-------------1------------------------|
G|------------------0-------2----------------------------------0---|
D|---0-2----2-------2-------3---------0-2----2-----------0-2-3-----|
A|-3--------3-------3-------3-------3--------3~~~~~~~--------------|
E|--------------------------1--------------------------------------|
Am C/G F Dm
Like my father before me I will work the land
Am C/G F Dm
And like my brother above me who took a rebel stand
Am F C/G Dm
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave.
Am F C/G Dm D
I swear by the mud below my feet you can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And the bells were ringing
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And all the people were singing
C/G F Dm F
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
BREAK C F
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1----------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-2----2-------------------------------------|
A|-3--------3~~~~~~~--2----1----0-----------------|
E|-----------------------------------4----3----2--|
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And the bells were ringing
C/G F C/G
The night they drove old Dixie down
F
And all the people were singing
C/G F Dm F
They went la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
(FADE OUT)
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Like my brother before me.
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First break is more like this:
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------0------------------0---|
D|---0-2--------------0-2-3-----|
A|-3----------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
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2nd break is more like this:
e|--------------------------1--------------------------------------|
B|------------------1-------1--------------------------------------|
G|------------------0-------2----------------------------------0---|
D|---0-2------------2-------3---------0-2----------------0-2-3-----|
A|-3-----3----------3---------------3-----3------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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